Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income (Unaudited) - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands		3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
		Aug. 01, 2015	Aug. 02, 2014	Aug. 01, 2015	Aug. 02, 2014
Income Statement [Abstract]
Revenue		$ 863,365	$ 727,752	$ 2,456,370	$ 2,050,526
Cost of sales (1)	[1]	294,328	251,462	838,904	706,375
Gross margin		569,037	476,290	1,617,466	1,344,151
Operating expenses:
Research and development (1)	[1]	160,784	140,095	466,723	404,889
Selling, marketing, general and administrative (1)	[1]	120,030	132,989	357,572	333,252
Amortization of intangibles		22,954	660	70,960	770
Special charges		0	0	0	2,685
Total operating expenses		303,768	273,744	895,255	741,596
Operating income		265,269	202,546	722,211	602,555
Nonoperating (income) expense:
Interest expense		6,755	8,178	20,291	21,623
Interest income		(2,229)	(3,442)	(6,282)	(10,127)
Other, net		1,265	422	2,765	412
Total nonoperating (income) expense		5,791	5,158	16,774	11,908
Income before income taxes		259,478	197,388	705,437	590,647
Provision for income taxes		43,000	16,782	104,864	70,022
Net income		$ 216,478	$ 180,606	$ 600,573	$ 520,625
Shares used to compute earnings per share – basic		313,877	314,190	312,604	313,321
Shares used to compute earnings per share – diluted		318,187	318,876	316,973	318,413
Basic earnings per share		$ 0.69	$ 0.57	$ 1.92	$ 1.66
Diluted earnings per share		0.68	0.57	1.89	1.64
Dividends declared and paid per share		$ 0.40	$ 0.37	$ 1.17	$ 1.08
Cost of sales
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Compensation Cost [Line Items]
Stock-based compensation expense		$ 2,196	$ 1,724	$ 6,795	$ 4,698
Research and development
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Compensation Cost [Line Items]
Stock-based compensation expense		6,839	5,415	20,129	14,552
Selling, marketing, general and administrative
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Compensation Cost [Line Items]
Stock-based compensation expense		$ 7,329	$ 6,331	$ 25,912	$ 16,169

[1] Includes stock-based compensation expense as follows: